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KENYANS BANNED: Malaysia suspends four even as CAA defends Kenyan runners

Rita Jeptoo of Kenya celebrates after winning the 118th Boston Marathon on April 21, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

Even as the doping scourge continues to put Kenyan athletes in global focus, some four more, albeit little known, Kenyans have been indefinitely banned from taking part in road races in Malaysia following claims of failed doping tests.

In a letter copied to all athletics federations all over the world, the Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) took the unusual step to suspend the four Kenyans because, they said, previous orders to bar them from the Asian nation were not implemented.

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